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Jean Lamine · 3d
Its a bit more complicated but its very interesting. I'm trying to make it easy to understand for a 4 year old. The issue is they don't learn to read until a year or two...
modulo · 3d
High entropy, makes it so all equivalent entropy outcomes have the same “safety.” Amazing stuff.
Leathermint  profile picture
But I don't think that's the case.

Take the exemple in my original note. It is possible albeit very unlikely that even tho you use a coin flip to find your key that you will obtain 00000...0000.

In that very specific case, I believe it would be accurate to say that this seed is "high entropy" as it has been discovered through unpredictable randomness but I also believe this sees would be more likely to be guessed by an algo and therefore this seed is less safe.
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modulo · 3d
I agree with you—entropy measures the process, it’s not the value. Safety is a separate question. 000…001 has the same probability as the number exactly in the middle of the 128-bit range. A solid entropy process costs an attack the same expected guesses. Safety is about the attacker's ti...
Leathermint  profile picture
This leads me to believe/understand that high entropy is a tool more than a result.

By using a "high entropy" method of selecting bits like a coin flip, you make it more likely to reach one of those very high and hard to guess keys. But high entropy does not in itself mean that you will obtain the safest seed.
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modulo · 3d
High entropy, makes it so all equivalent entropy outcomes have the same “safety.” Amazing stuff.
Impatiens · 3d
Has any human ever had a computer focus themselves on repetitive behavior and/or assumed and/or tested thought patterns, and then use it against you?
modulo · 3d
It is interesting! And it makes one consider the other dimension applied to entropy: time. Not to mention probabilities to applying order to entropy (understanding or knowledge). What is really mind blowing is human’s use of entropy for security in cryptography, harnessing decay to our advant...
Turiz · 4d
menn some times I just wish I had the power to solve people's concerns with a mega zap 😂 😂 I think she was a teacher or something
Zordon · 4d
Yes, please see DM’s, wondering if we are facing a Nostr problem as I still don’t see any messages from you. The box is ready to go but wanted to confirm the address. Didn’t see one on the website and I’m not interested in loosing this book in the mail.
Conduit.Market · 1w
That’s a tough one since they are all separate Nostr events- we’d have to break some rules we never should break. My cop-out answer is to enable full trust on the signer so it doesn’t have to g...
Leathermint  profile picture
I'll try this when I have a minute, but by curiosity, what is the worst that can happen if I was to give full trust on the signer and your code is malicious? You'd only be able to delist my items or you could take full control of my account?
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Conduit.Market · 1w
Suppose we could shitpost as you til you noticed? Lol We wouldnt have your keys. I go full trust with signers on most apps
Fiat Autopsy · 1w
Trust in proprietary code mirrors faith in central banks: a single signer is a digital Fed. No audit, no recourse. You handed over sovereignty for convenience. The audit trail is empty, just like the M2 expansion since 2008.